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Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers
09-03-2012, 02:12 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,905
Posted By Willdo

RE: New Elapor foam Cessna 185 **NOW WITH PICTURES**

Hi, just got back on the forum again after 2 more stints in hospital, so everything has been shelved and as we have moved house as well, I'll have to sort all my stuff out and start over! - starting...
Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers
03-08-2011, 02:31 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,905
Posted By Willdo

RE: New Elapor foam Cessna 185 **NOW WITH PICTURES**

I just purchased one of these Cessna 185 foamies yesterday from the store (in Auckland New Zealand ) which is selling them and it is not at all like the ones from Hobby King.
It is very well...
Forum: Airplanes - Full Scale
03-23-2008, 06:05 PM
Replies: 343
Views: 57,766
Posted By Willdo

RE: INCREDIBLE PLANE ! LOOK !

Going back to post #263:-

Not an entirely sensible statement, - I seem to remember someone in 1969 saying exactly the same thing, (referring to the Boeing 747,) but as we all know, it still went...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-28-2007, 04:07 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

PERTTIME
I don't think you realise just how frugal this guy is ( not me by the way, - he's a guy I used to work with), - he got EVERYTHING virtually free, - believe me, the rubbish skip, or...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-28-2007, 12:09 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

D'ya reckon if it had a blade it could hover too? :D


BM,
We stayed in Vancouver with my wife's relatives we loved it with those huge mountains in the background! - we found the people very...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-27-2007, 03:11 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

This machine cost ZILCH (except the cost of an old secondhand motor and an old RC) the rest was from scrap. and it FLIES! - of course it's only a lowly model, but the same principle applies to...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-27-2007, 04:05 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

Dick,
BTW, I did like the attachment - I'm not sure of it's significance in this thread, but I guess it could apply to the odd individual I have come across in other threads! ;)
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-27-2007, 02:08 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

quote ORIGINAL: BMatthews
What's the big deal? I've hear that on the F14,F16 and F15's that more than 1/2 the lift comes from the fuselage and inter engine areas of the strakes and bodies as...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-26-2007, 12:38 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

Thanks for all the replies you guys,

MESAE,
Your post more or less vindicates my friend's "eccentric" line of thought and makes some sense of the message he was trying to convey to me, so...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-26-2007, 12:53 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

Dick, Paul,
Well, at least I've got replies, however blunt some of them may be!

Dick, I do know that you've tried most things in regard to flying machines, so I guess you've got more ideas...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-25-2007, 02:22 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

A lot of food for thought here,
First let me say that there was hardly any breeze, and it performed the same in any direction.

I only said that his first effort was "wingless" for want of...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-25-2007, 02:54 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

I'm still in the dark, - maybe I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, or getting too old - but
there can't be much lift if there's hardly any forward movement, so any air movement comes from prop...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-25-2007, 01:51 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

Not having a hard time at all, just mildly intrigued by the thing :) but now you're getting me more interested by the minute!
So how does the flat bottom produce lift when there's virtually no...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-24-2007, 11:38 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

Well, the consensus seems to be "with loads of power you can fly anything" - trouble is I didn't see that in this case! - guess I'll never know.....;)
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-24-2007, 09:32 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

RE: Why does it fly?

SHOE
From what I saw it wasn't ungainly, quite nimble in fact, - but it does look a little ungainly, the deep front fuselage I think is just to keep the prop off the ground so he doesn't have to...
Forum: Aerodynamics
03-24-2007, 04:31 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,877
Posted By Willdo

Why does it fly?

A couple of years ago, I had a thread going about a wingless "contraption" built by a friend, which I was a little skeptical about.
It flew quite well and I was a little surprised that it could...
Forum: Beginners
03-02-2007, 06:25 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,120
Posted By Willdo

RE: Flying Simulators

Alpha is much much more realistic in the landing department, - at take off, you really need to keep the throttle setting low to be realistic.
Later on, experiment with wind settings but never set...
Forum: Beginners
03-01-2007, 12:14 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,120
Posted By Willdo

RE: Flying Simulators

ARMODY,
Yes, FMS is very good (for the price, ie $0.00).
I don't know which version you use, but I used the Alpha version which is much much more realistic than the Beta version, it comes with...
Forum: Beginners
01-27-2007, 12:39 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 7,328
Posted By Willdo

RE: How effective are Flight Simulators...

I think that the quick answer to the original question is that sims are very effective in getting you going with RC flight, but not in making you an expert flyer.
They are great fun when you've...
Forum: Beginners
01-26-2007, 04:45 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 7,328
Posted By Willdo

RE: How effective are Flight Simulators...

Sims are great,
I learned completely on the sim, and not on G2,G3 or anything expensive ( G3 is great, if you can afford it of course), - no, I downloaded the free alpha version of FMS, and after...
Forum: Beginners
03-08-2006, 01:18 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,806
Posted By Willdo

RE: another "fly without an instructor" question

Chuck,
Hope you use earmuffs with the pipes! - you must have good understanding neighbours!
Did you need a buddy box to learn? :D
Forum: Control Lines
11-06-2005, 01:07 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 29,827
Posted By Willdo

RE: Keil Kraft Phantom Mite

Thanks for the help guys, - wouldn't have believed that I'd be interested in control line again! but that simple little plane has some sort of appeal that has stirred up something from my past, - you...
Forum: Control Lines
11-05-2005, 03:54 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 29,827
Posted By Willdo

RE: Keil Kraft Phantom Mite

I'm over 60 now and I remember when I was a kid, that buying a Phantom Mite kit was one of my greatest ambitions! - sadly this was never realised.
Now, after seeing this it's all come flooding...
Forum: Gas Engines
10-31-2005, 02:11 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 21,914
Posted By Willdo

RE: piston port induction vs. rotary/reed valve

That would be a winner!
Forum: Gas Engines
10-31-2005, 04:34 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 21,914
Posted By Willdo

RE: piston port induction vs. rotary/reed valve

An excellent example of a high performance engine with piston inlet port is the Yamaha KT 100 engine which has been used for decades in Karting, - it possibly is a little heavy for flying ( cast...
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